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TIL scenes from the 1976 film Rocky such as the carcass-punching scenes and Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art are based on events in Joe Frazier's real life. Frazier makes a cameo appearance in the film as a spectator at the fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed.

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